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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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ALLER, ALLAR, Eller, n. The alder-tree. See also Arn. [′ɑlər Sc.; ′ɛlər w.Sc.] Chron. order.Mry. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 156:
With the bark of the Alder or Allar-tree, they dye Black.Per. (Longforgan) 1797 Stat. Acc.¹ XIX. 557:
In this stratum many roots of large trees are to be found, principally allar (alder) and birch.Ags. 1814 in Montrose Review (25 March) 89/1:
For sale, a large assortment of . . . full-grown ash, allar and birchwood.w.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
It [arn] seems the same tree which in the West of S[cotland] is also called eller and aar.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 157:
May thy set line ne'er be fanked wi' eels, or thy cast line catch on allers.Sc. 1824 R. K. Douglas Poems 12:
The wee bit siller burn, That through the allers play'd.ne. and central Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 41:
‡Aller.

Comb.: aller bog, a bog in which alders grow. Sc. 1747 Caled. Mercury (Dec.) 4: 
There is likewise to be exposed to Sale . . . the Houses, Yards, Allerbog and Acres of Land in Causey-end of Coupar, which belonged to John Henderson senior Merchant there.